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by mpettitt 7y ago
As someone in the UK, it seems insane that cutting off domestic water is even allowed. It's considered a basic right, and even during droughts, the water companies have to supply a basic level to everyone. ( https://www.citiz
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by mpettitt 7y ago
UK ones have baskets you put stuff in, but they appear to be using multiple barcode scanners, at least for low value items. I'm guessing there is a cost-benefit trade-off at some point, as well as a potential functional impact problem
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by mpettitt 7y ago
I wonder if it would be possible to integrate payment into the mobile apps they've already got in place, thereby meaning that the only time you'd need to go to the checkout at all would be if you were buying restricted goods (e.g.
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by mpettitt 7y ago
It's a DeskMini A300, so not an official "Mini PC", but bunch of bits stuck together. Still has 1.5Tb of disk space though - turns out that you can get 500Gb HDDs for free, since no-one wants them!
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by mpettitt 7y ago
I moved from a Pi server to a mini PC with a Ryzen processor and 16Gb RAM after even the Pi4 with 4Gb was starting to struggle with the number of tasks it was running (Unifi controller, Pihole, Home Assistant, etc - none of them are massive
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by mpettitt 7y ago
There is a similar discussion going on about Just A Minute, since Nicholas Parsons died earlier in the month. Can it even survive without him, since the very few shows without him were, well, sucky...
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by mpettitt 7y ago
Susan Stepney, the page owner, has/had a fantastic personal library. As in, extra wings built onto her house just to hold more books. The site is a bit like an old book shop, as in you're never quite sure what you'll find on
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by mpettitt 7y ago
Not quite true - I'm salaried, but because I earn over a specific amount, and have children, I have to file a tax return. However, this is basically a matter of copying some numbers from one government website to another government web
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by mpettitt 7y ago
Notepad++ has a bit of a history in releasing versions in support of various campaigns, ranging from a "Je suis Charlie" edition to a "Tiananmen June Fourth Incident" edition. I remember one edition included an auto-typi
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by mpettitt 7y ago
At a guess, https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists/pull/155 ?
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by mpettitt 7y ago
It's a McGuffin from the film RED 2 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_2_(film) ), among others, too.
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by mpettitt 7y ago
I was talking in terms of IoT devices using these chips - more of them are likely to be on home networks, using WPA2 Personal than in offices using the enterprise version. For offices, wired smart devices or higher end wireless devices are
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by mpettitt 7y ago
The fake beacon frame issue is the key one here - relatively few people are using Enterprise WPA2, but ESP8266 (or compatible - such as the Tuya TYWE3S) chips are in all kinds of random low cost IoT devices. I've got some smart plugs w
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by mpettitt 7y ago
Not quite - if someone steals your 1Password (or equivalent) database with TOTP seeds in, they need to crack the password on that, then have full access to everything. If they get the password from the other end (e.g. the site you log into)
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by mpettitt 7y ago
Ikea bulbs use a 6 on-off cycle to reset, which is pretty simple (no timing), although toddler can do it. Hue bulbs require either a bridge (if it's linked to them, is one click in the interface, if not, you need to get the secret code
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by mpettitt 7y ago
The ESP32 boards I have were £6, including postage. Can't find a Pi Zero for less than double that when including postage costs. They're designed for different things though - if you wanted a battery powered version that updated o
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by mpettitt 7y ago
I have one running pi-hole and Ubiqiti controller (powered by my router's usb port), one sitting under the TV running Kodi connected to a NAS, avoiding the need for discs (big plus when you have small children), one sat next to an old
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by mpettitt 7y ago
I get about 15% of queries blocked with 3 Windows laptops, 2 Android phones, 1 iPhone, and a smart TV. I do run most of the traffic generated for work through work VPN though, and that tends to be the largest source of traffic (about 80% by
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by mpettitt 7y ago
For reference, the actual official site is https://keepass.info/
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by mpettitt 7y ago
It is surprisingly difficult to build train tracks given a set of parts, even without taking junctions into account - there is a challenge about it on Stack Overflow's Programming Puzzle site ( https://codegolf.stackexchange.
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by mpettitt 7y ago
There are a few companies which are onto password spraying in this way, and use failed login attempts from a single source (e.g. IP address, ipv6 addresses within the same allocation block, etc) as a trigger state for additional monitoring
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by mpettitt 8y ago
Why is there a requirement for optical scanners? In other democratic countries, the counting of ballots is still a manual process (e.g. UK https://theconversation.com/explainer-how-britain-counts-its... or Germany https:&#
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by mpettitt 8y ago
If you trust Gartner's judgement, the only major players are AWS, GCP, Azure, Alibaba Cloud, Oracle Cloud and IBM Cloud. Can read their definition of "innovative" in the Magic Quadrant report at https://www.gartner
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by mpettitt 8y ago
This seems to be conflating dispersal to multiple star systems and trade/regular interaction with the newly colonized planets. Given that it would take 40 years to get a reply to a message, discussion wouldn't be the normal patter
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by mpettitt 10y ago
Would be interesting to see how it handled REM or Dubstar, both of whom have some really upbeat tunes, with really dark lyrics - "The One I Love", for example, with "a simple prop to occupy mind ", or "Not So Manic
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by mpettitt 10y ago
From a quick look on eBay, you can pick up a vetinary ultrasound machine for between £800 and £2000. Are these materially different to medical ones, or is the cost difference down to certification?
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by mpettitt 10y ago
This is a very important point. When it comes to implementing new software, especially in a critical field like crypto, it takes a long time for acceptance to build. As alpha software, I'd be shocked if anyone was using it in a product
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by mpettitt 10y ago
There are quite a few people who are looking out for the mistakes too - the population of hacker news includes security testers, lawyers and the like. At least this company is taking steps to improve things, which is a vast improvement over
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by mpettitt 10y ago
I knew about the continuous flow, but hadn't considered that you wouldn't hear your own pulse as a result. My father in law has an LVAD, which has given him back a lot of freedom following a severe heart infection early last year
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by mpettitt 11y ago
The Windows version has an autotype feature - not sure if that has made it to the ports though. It's also not as smooth a flow as Lastpass, since there is a context switch between browser and password manager (although I seem to rememb

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